How A Pepe The Frog Pop-Up Store Fractured A Divided Hong Kong
As rumors and lies run thick, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement is trying to hold on to the meaning of their frog mascot.
Ryan Broderick
As Australia Burned, Climate Change Denialism Got A Boost On Facebook
Facebook's bushfire fact-checking efforts have mostly focused on misleading photos and videos. What about rampant climate denialism?
Hannah Ryan
People In Puerto Rico Are Demanding Answers After A Warehouse Full Of Unused Emergency Supplies Was Discovered
The governor has fired the island's top emergency management official and said some of the aid has been there since hurricanes struck the region in 2017.
Brianna Sacks
The UK Election Showed Just How Unreliable Facebook’s Security System For Elections Really Is
Buggy and riddled with errors, Facebook's Ad Library was all but useless during an election — again.
Rory Smith
The Most Popular Facebook Content About Iran Right Now Isn’t Just Pro-Trump — It Was Posted By Him
Wrapping your head around the engagement Trump’s Iran-related Facebook posts are getting is almost impossible.
Ryan Broderick
Trump Is Running Hundreds Of Facebook Ads Praising Himself For The Killing Of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani
Within three days of the drone strike, the Trump campaign was using it to build support for his reelection.
Alex Kantrowitz
Facebook Said It Won't Change Its Policies On Allowing Lies In Political Ads
"Ultimately, we don’t think decisions about political ads should be made by private companies," a Facebook executive said.
Pranav Dixit
Facebook Is Running Anti-Vax Ads, Despite Its Ban On Vaccine Misinformation
"Our policy is to ban ads containing vaccine misinformation."
Caroline Haskins
How Millennials Became The Burnout Generation
I couldn’t figure out why small, straightforward tasks on my to-do list felt so impossible. The answer is both more complex and far simpler than I expected.
Anne Helen Petersen
A Facebook Executive Said The Platform Is Responsible For Trump’s Election
"So was Facebook responsible for Donald Trump getting elected? I think the answer is yes.”
Ryan Mac
“I Found Election Interference And No One Cared”: One US Veteran’s Fight To Protect His Compatriots Online
Kristofer Goldsmith has learned to live with PTSD and battled a less-than-honorable discharge. Now he’s exposing how veterans are being targeted online.
Jane Lytvynenko
Right-Wing Publishers Have Found A Way To Post The Supposed Trump Whistleblower’s Name To Facebook
Facebook said that sharing URLs with the name of the person believed to be the whistleblower is against their policies, but that hasn’t stopped news sites from doing it.
Ryan Broderick
Smartphones Transformed India. Now Indians Are Turning Them Against The Modi Government.
Cheap data and inexpensive smartphones brought millions of people online in India this decade. As the country’s government cracks down, protesters are using the internet to resist.
Pranav Dixit
Twitter And Facebook's Race To The Bottom
The two companies had a bad run in the 2010s. It was their own fault.
Alex Kantrowitz
Facebook Has Banned Groups That Promote Flesh-Eating Fake Cancer Cures
After a BuzzFeed News report about the dangerous health misinformation, Facebook is cracking down.
Katie Notopoulos
Facebook Is Still Prioritizing Scale Over Safety
Facebook often uses its vast size as an excuse for its failures. Meanwhile, it’s ordering employees to make it bigger.
Alex Kantrowitz
Facebook Is Investigating A Voter Engagement App Used By Italy’s Five Star Movement
Facebook told BuzzFeed News an investigation is ongoing. There is currently no evidence to suggest that data collected through the app was misused.
Alberto Nardelli
Facebook Will Call Some Media “State Controlled." Al Jazeera Said That’s “Dangerous.”
A “step to delegitimize credible journalism," said an Al Jazeera executive.
Otillia Steadman
Bogus Hypothyroid Cures Are Rampant Across Social Media
Hypothyroidism is easily treatable in almost everyone who has it. But social media is rife with bogus cures.
Caroline Haskins
Jeremy Corbyn's Meme Machine Has Blown Away The Tories In This Election's Social Media War
A cluster of Facebook pages loyal to the Labour leader racked up 175 million video views during the campaign, according to BuzzFeed News' analysis, pushing attacks on the Tories' handling of the NHS to the top of the online political debate.
Alex Spence
Facebook The Plaintiff: Why The Company Is Suddenly Suing So Many Bad Actors
The social media giant is trying to prove it can be trusted to police itself.
Craig Silverman
Exclusive: Facebook Fired A Contractor Who Was Paid Thousands In Bribes To Reactivate Banned Ad Accounts
"This behavior is absolutely prohibited under our policies and the individual is no longer working with Facebook."
Craig Silverman
The Facebook Portal, Now With 80% Less Facebook
The best video-chatting device that nobody uses is now a little more palatable for the Facebook-averse.
Katie Notopoulos
Facebook Tells US Attorney General It’s Not Prepared To Get Rid Of Encryption On WhatsApp And Messenger
“People’s private messages would be less secure and the real winners would be anyone seeking to take advantage of that weakened security,” the company wrote to leaders in the US, UK, and Australia.
Ryan Mac
Running A Neighbourhood Facebook Group Has Become A Seriously Complicated Job
Untrained volunteers are running communities that are a town square, Neighbourhood Watch, and emergency information service all rolled into one.
Cameron Wilson
A 5-Year-Old Got Adopted And His Entire Kindergarten Class Came To Support Him
Michael's classmates had become like his extended family, according to his new dad, so of course they were there to watch him become part of a new one.
Brianna Sacks
NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.
A NATO affiliate carried out a four-month experiment into manipulation on social media websites. The findings are published in a major new report.
Alberto Nardelli
Facebook Said A Chinese Company Compromised Users With Malware And Then Ran Ads Using Their Accounts
The defendants allegedly used the accounts to run ads that often misused the images of celebrities to sell “counterfeit goods and diet pills.”
Craig Silverman
Kashmiris Are Disappearing From WhatsApp
Kashmiris enduring their region's ongoing internet blackout are losing their WhatsApp accounts because of the platform's policy on inactive accounts.
Pranav Dixit
After Google Announced New Political Ad Rules, Michael Bloomberg Spent An Estimated $1 Million
That’s far more than the estimated amount Warren spent in November.
Alex Kantrowitz
